Match-safe.



F. KOTRABA.

MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15,1912.

1,042,690. Patented Oct.29,1912.

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I FRANK KO'IRABA, 0F WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK.

MATCH-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Application filed June 15, 1912. Serial No. 703,?96.

To all whom it may concern:

130 it known that I, FRANK Ko'rRABA, a citizen of Austria, and residing at \Vestchester. in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match- ;Safes, of which the following is a specification. such as will enable those skilled in the art to-which it appcrtains to make and use This invention relates to match safes, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple In con.- st ruction and comparatively inexpensive, and fromwhich a single match may be removed whenever desired for use; and'with this and other objects inview the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and clain'1cd.-

. The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my invention are designated by suitable reference characters in I- igure 1 a front view of my improved match safe ;Fig. 2 a sectional side view thereof, the section being on the line 22 of Fig. 1;-Fig. 3 a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and ;Fig. at a; front view of a rotary member by means of which a single match is fed into position to be removed from the safe when desired for use.

My improved match safecomprises a top cylindrical part or casing 41 and the boxshaped body or top portion a, is composed of side members a and front and back parts a and a, and the bottom cylindrical part a is formed integrally with the front and back parts a and a of the top portion of the device and said top or box-shaped portion a is rectangular in horizontal section and adapted to receive matches b, and the vertical height of ,said top portion is preferably about three times as great as the front and back dimensions thereof, and the transverse dimensions thereof are a little greater than the length of the matches to be placed therein.

- The ends of the bottom cylindrical part a are also formed integrally with the side members a of the top'portion, and the front and back parts or walls of the deviceare bentdnwardly to form \l-shaped recesses 11 to separate the bottom part a from the top portion of the device, and this construction makes the frontand back walls of the top portion of the device downwardly and inwardly inclined, as shown at. a in Fig. 2, and the front wall of the bottom part or casing a is provided with-a longitudinal slot. (1.

Placed in the bottom cylindrical part a as shown in Fig. 2, is a cylindrical rotary member (Z which exactly fits the same and the topwall of which is providedwith a longitudinal groove e the opposite sides, of which are provided centrally thereof with semi circular thumb and finger recesses 6 and the front wall of the bottom cylindrical part or casing a is provided centrally nvith a rectangular opening 6 as'shown in Fig. 1, and the rotary member dis provided with a projection or lip 0Z which passes through said opening 6 and by means of which the rotary member d may be turned in said cylindrical part or casing a as hereinafter described. The normal position of the inner rotary member cl is that shown in Fig. 2, and in this position thereof one of the matches I) will always drop into'the groove 0 and then by turning the rotary member in the direction of the arrow X the groove e will be brought to register with the slot at in the cylindrical part or casing a and. the match may be easily removed therefrom by means of a thumb and finger, as will be readily understood, after which therotary member (Z may be turned back into the position shown in Fig. 2, so that another match will ,drop into the groove e.

The slot a in the front wall of the bottom cylindrical part or casing a is shorter than the matches, as shown at fin Figs. 1

and 3, 'and this revents amatch from rolling out automatically when the rotary memher (I is turned in the direction of the arrow X, as hereinbefore described, but said match may be grasped between, a thumb and finger and removed by moving it longitudinally and outwardly, as will be readily understood.

The main top or box-shaped portion of the device is provided with a hinged cover 9 which may be raised whenever desired for the purpose of inserting matchcsinto said part, and the narrow throat at the bottom of the top portion of the device through which the matches pass is so formed as to' permit of the passage of but one match at a time, and but one match can be removed at one rotation of the rotary member d.

My improved match safe is simple in con-.

struction and operation, and changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is';

A match safe comprising a top box-shaped part and a bottom cylindrical casing placed in communication by means of a narrow throat between said parts, and toward which the front and back Walls of the top part converge, a rotary member placed in the bottom cylindrical casing and provided with a groove adapted to receive a match discharged through said throat, said cylindrical casing being also provided in the and by means of which said rotary member may be rotated in both directions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 14th day of June, 1912.

FRANK KOTRABA.

Witnesses:

C. MULREANY, S. ANDREWS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. I i 

